Medium:

Medium: linen, wool Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft loops.

Dimensions:

Warp x Weft: 90.2 × 67.3 cm (35 1/2 × 26 1/2 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Fragment

Made in:

Egypt

Date:

4th–5th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Large circular motif filled with interlacing around a rectangle/ Both the design and the background have a pile surface because of weft loops.

Credit Line:

Gift of John Pierpont Morgan

Accession Number:

1902-1-19

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a7f9be36-4d9c-4a99-9458-9a31a9dd9490

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1902-1-19